Del Monte, Del Monte Foods Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice

Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice by Del Monte, Del Monte Foods has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Canned foods / Canned plant-based foods / Fruits based foods / Canned fruits

How This Score Is Built

Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Fruit [peaches, pears, cherries (cherries, carmine)], vegetable juices (water, pumpkin juice concentrate, sweet potato juice concentrate, butternut squash juice concentrate), water, sugar, pear juice concentrate, natural flavor, carmine, citric acid, ascorbic acid (to protect color), calcium chloride.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0024000554196
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice above or below average on ingredient safety?

Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice's 4.5/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Lightly sweetened veggie & fruit juice's 4.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.